Hello everybody my name is markiplier and welcome to Cup head now Cup head is a game that came out about two months ago hi guys yes it, is Sam and if you know me you know that I'm incredibly skilled and talented at playing games and, if you could stop laughing for one moment you would know that I'm telling the truth when it comes to shoot-'em-ups or shmups I'm actually pretty good at them that. Kristofer Maddigan is a percussionist, drummer, BAFTA award winning and Juno nominated composer based in Toronto, Canada. Principal percussionist of the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra (of which he has been a member since 2010), Kris also performs regularly with a wide range of groups including The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, The National Arts Center Orchestra, The Hannaford Street Silver.
Cuphead Music
Also available as DLC for owners of the game 'Cuphead' on Steam, or with 'Cuphead - Deluxe Edition'.
Track 23 Funfair Fever contains an arrangement of Athletic Theme originally composed by Koji Kondo.
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All music and lyrics by Kristofer Maddigan
Recorded at Canterbury Music Company, Toronto, Canada
Engineered, mixed, and edited by Jeremy Darby
Assistant engineer - Julian Decorte
Mastered by – Peter Letros, Wreckhouse Mastering, Toronto, Canada
John Herberman – contractor, conductor, midi programming
Additional piano recorded by Brad Prosko at B-rad Studio, Southey, Canada, and the Maddigan living room, Regina, Canada
Additional Editing and Recording – Adam King, Canterbury Music Company, Toronto, Canada
Big Band
Reeds -
- Vern Dorge – Clarinet, Alto Sax
- Andy Ballantyne – Alto Sax, Clarinet
- Alex Dean – Tenor Sax, Clarinet
- Bob Leonard – Bari Sax, Clarinet
- Alto Sax and Clarinet solos by John Johnson
- Tenor sax solos by Alex Dean, Mike Murley
Brass –
- Jason Logue – Trumpet
- Dave Dunlop – Trumpet
- Kevin Turcotte - Trumpet
- Steve McDade – Trumpet, Flugelhorn
- Alastair Kay – Trombone
- Christian Overton – Trombone
- Peter Hysen – Bass Trombone
- Scott Irvine - Tuba
- Trumpet solos by Steve McDade
- Trombone solos by Alastair Kay
Rhythm Section –
- Robi Botos, Jeff McLeod - Piano
- Rob Piltch – Guitar, Banjo
- Paul Novotny, Jim Vivian, Neil Swainson - Bass
- Ted Warren – Drums
- Kristofer Maddigan – Vibraphone, Percussion
- Piano solos by Jeff McLeod
- Vibraphone solos by Mark Duggan
- Brazilian Percussion by Alan Hetherington
Ragtime Band –
Woodwinds -
- Laura Chambers – Piccolo, Flute, Bass Flute
- Sasha Boychouk - Clarinet
Brass -
- Robert Venables - Cornet
- Tom Richards - Trombone
- Scott Irvine – Tuba
String Quartet -
- Aaron Schwebel, Emily Hau - Violin
- Moira Burke – Viola
- Liza McLellan – Cello
Rhythm Section-
- Elizabeth Acker, Jeff McLeod – Piano
- Rob Piltch – Guitar, Banjo
- Paul Novotny – Upright Bass
- Kristofer Maddigan – Drums, Xylophone
Ragtime - Solo Piano/Trio
- Laura Chambers - Piccolo
- Jonathan Dyck, Christina Faye, Liz Acker, Kristofer Maddigan - Piano
- Kristofer Maddigan - Percussion
Tap Dancer – Allison Toffan
Vocals – Alana Bridgewater
Barbershop Quartet -
'Shoptimus Prime – Tom Mifflin, Michael Black, Michael La Scala, Joel La Scala
Additional
Jonathan Dyck - Organ
Kris Maddigan would like to thank –
-Mom, Dad, Shannon, Alison, Matt, Carolyn
-Phill Albert, Emily Denison, Chris Gale, Ben Hognestad, and Jeff McLeod for their excellent playing on the trailers
-Chad and Jared Moldenhauer, and everyone at Studio MDHR
-John Herberman for basically teaching me how to write and orchestrate from scratch
-Jeremy Darby, the hardest working recording engineer imaginable. Sorry for all the deadlines
-SOCAN
-Island Foods – best rotis in Toronto
-Special thanks to Ben Bishop, Terry Clarke, Daniel Jameson, Noam Lemish, Jim Lewis, Terry Promane, Kevin Turcotte
-All of the incredible musicians who played the shit out of these charts, your personalities shine through on every track
Musical Influences on Cuphead-
JS Bach, Count Basie, Tom Brier (get well soon!), Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson, Cliff Jackson, Scott Joplin, Gene Krupa, Jimmie Lunceford, Henry Mancini, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass, Carmen Miranda, Yasunori Mitsuda, Jelly Roll Morton, Nicholas Brothers, Mário Reis, Joe Rinaudo and his American Fotoplayer, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, Gunther Schuller, John Philip Sousa, Nobuo Uematsu, Richard Wagner, Chick Webb, Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, John Williams, 'Washboard' Kitty Wilson